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May 28, 2014

On the occasion of his most recent gift of 60 works, the ALBERTINA is presenting its entire collection of drawings and cards, as well as a selection of the paintings of Alex Katz. Around a dozen cards, giant sheets of packing paper, with the help of which Alex Katz transfers the outlines of his motifs to the empty canvas, are impressive witnesses to their one-time function as work materials. Metro sketches of the 1940s, landscapes sketches from 1950 to the present, party sketches from the 1960s and 1970s, as well as beach sketches of the 1990s make clear that Alex Katz is already thinking like a painter while observing "in front of the motif". 28 May 2014 - 28 September 2014.
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